Wind-shield.



M. DOUJAK wiworsmew. APPLICATIOTh FILED. MAR 1, I915- Patented Jan. 11, 1916 2 SHEETS-SHEET l- I [MENTOR BY .2 ZZZ/1 mm WITNESSES M. DOUJAK.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1, 1915.

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1,16%,95. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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MARIA IDOUJ'AK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CARL HELLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WIND-SHIELD.

]ect of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

and a resident of the city of New York, in

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in find-Shields, of which the following is a Specification. The present invention relates to improve ments in wind-shields for automobiles.

Wind-shields are usually made of one or more normally vertically extending sections. In bail neather the rain is apt to beat againsttl'iese sections, thereby impairing the transparency thereof and preventing the driver from viewing the road ahead of the automobile.

One of the objects of the present invention is to produce a wind-shield wherein the rain is prevented under ordinary circumstances from reaching a portion of the transparent panes inserted into the frame of the same. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, eilicient in operation, on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article. \Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the front portion of an automobile provided with a wind-shield constructed in accordance with .the present invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the wind-shield, its parts being in their normal positions; Fig. 3 is a similar levation of the wind-shield with'its parts in their extended positions; Fig. 4 is a sec- Specification of Letters Patent.

and which can be manufactured Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Applicatibn filed March 1,.1915. Serial No. 11,228.

tion taken on line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section similar to the one shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings on an enlarged scale of a portion of the device; and Fig. 6 is a rear eleva tion of. the detail shown in Fig. 5 on similar scale.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the main frame of the wind-shield. This frame comprises a top rail 11, a bottom rail 12, side rails 13, and intermediate rails 14, that are disposed parallel to the said side rails. This frame is attached to the dashboard 15 of the automo-bile'in any suitable manner, forming a continuation, as it were, of the said dashboard, and being connected with the body of the automobile by bracerods 10. v Panes 16 of glass or similar material are inserted into those sections of the main frame which are located between the side rails 13 and the intermediate rails 14. A second frame 17, having a pane 17 inserted thereinto, is pivoted at 18 to the top rail 11 of the main frame. The frame 17 is normally disposed in the plane of the main frame, but is adapted to be swung out therefrom in a manner and for a purpose hereinafter to be described. For holding the frame'l7 in the plane of the main frame, there are provided on the said frame 17 and on the dash-board coacting fastening devices, for instance, lugs 19 on the said frame and hooks 20 on the dash-board, said hooks being adapted to engagethe said lugs, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The upper edge of the dash-board 15 is tapered, as shown at 21, and provided with two recesses 22, through which are adapted to extend the leaves 23 of hinges. These leaves are attached to a plate 24, the latter being made of an unbreakable rigid, and preferably transparent material. The width of this plate corresponds to that of the frame 17. The leaves 23.are secured by pintles 25 to leaves23 of the hinges. The leaves 23 are fixedly attached to the front face 26 of the dash-board. This plate is normally adapted to rest against the rear face of the dash-board, the leaves 23 of its hinges being then disposed within the recesses 22, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. To the longitudinal free edge 27 of the plate 24 is riveted or otherwise fastened a. flexible strip 28, having apertures 29, in which are adapted to be seated headed stu ls 3O upoirthe bottom rail 31 of the frame 17. To'the edges of the plate 24:, extendingat right angles to the longitudinal edge 27 thereof, are fastened, for instance by rivets substantially triangular flexible sheets 3+. These sheets are adapted to be foldedaga'lnst the plate 2t, and are provided along their edges 35, which are substantiallyparallel. to the hinged edge of the plate Z-l, with apertures 36 in which are adapted to be seated studs 37 upon the intermediate rails 1-1; of the main frame 10,

.and along their edges 38, which extend at an angle to the edges 35 with apertures 39, adapted to eoaet with headed studs 40, the latter being carried by the side rails 41 of the frame 17.

The operation of this device is as follows: Normally the plate 24 abuts against the rear face of the dash-board, the flexible sheets 3st being folded against the said plate. in case of bad weather, the hooks 20 are disengaged from the lugs 19 upon the frame 17, and the latter swung rearwardly, the plate 24. being swung upward and its flexible strip QH'engaged with the bottom rail 31 of the frame 17, that is to say the headed studs 31) are seated in the apertures 29 in the strip 28. he plate 24- rests then upon the upper tapered edge of the daslrboard. The fiexible sheets 34 are then engaged with the intermediate rails ll of the frame 10 and with the side rails ll of the frame 17 by in tlllS of-their enacting separable fastening devices. In this position, the frame section 17 and the plate 31' are el'l'cctively protected from rain, and the driver thus in a po sition to view the road ahead of the automobile. if the rain drops do not fall verticall but under an angle, they are apt to fall upon the plate 24-, but will not reach the front face of the frame 17, the rear face of the latter being protected by the top 42 of the automobile.

It is obvious that, While herein separable fastening devices of a particular construction have been described for securing together the frame section 17, the plate 24 and the sheets 34 in their extended positions, any other suitable devices may be employed without departing from the invention. In-

\ stead of the plate 24, there may be employed a frame into which a transparent pane is inserted. The flexible sheets 3% are, preferably, made of transparent material.

What I claim is:

In a wind-shield, the combination with a fixed vertically extending main frame, of a second frame of smaller width pivoted to the top rail of said main frame, means for holding said second frame in the plane of said first frame, said second frame being adapted to be swung rearwardly out of the plane of said main frame, arigid plate pivoted in a line parallel to the bottom rail of said main frame to some stationary part of the automobile, coacting means upon the bottom rail of said second frame and upon that edge of said plate which is parallel to its pivoted edge for attaching said plate to said second frame when the latter is swung rearwardly, and substantially trian gula r sheets fastened to the remaining edges of said plate adapted to engage the side rails of said second frame and said main frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 16th day of Feb, it. D. 1915.

MARIA DOUJAK.

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